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Olympic videos – Rio 2016

We’re eventually going to see all the Olympic bike races put up on the Olympics Youtube, but until then, here’s what we can watch from the Rio 2016 women’s cycling – road race, ITT, track, BMX and MTB, with various other bits and pieces I’ve found.

If you want to compare and contrast what happened in Rio with previous Olympics, head to the Olympic Channel, where you can search by sport, and under the Rio 2016 videos, you’ll find highlights from previous years too.

A lot of the Olympic media is geo-restricted to countries (INRNG tells you more about restrictions, and how to see things despite them), so if there’s more you want to see, do try searching with your country’s broadcaster – I’ve added the BBC links because I can see them all from the UK, but hopefully you can find them in your country too. If there’s anything you especially enjoyed, please do tell me, and I’ll edit it in.

If you only watch one Track video, you absolutely have to make it Laurine van Riessen‘s incredible crash-avoidance skills – riding ON the barrier, which is something I’ve never even imagined, let alone seen! The clips are all restricted – here are some from NOS (NL), Sporza (Belgium), BBC (UK) – but google her name plus your country’s Olympic broadcaster, and you’ll find some!

Hopefully more things will turn up after the first month, and hopefully we can see it all on YT, and I can add it all here. So many amazing moments to re-live! And if you’ve seen more media you’d like to share, please do add it to the comments, or send it to me on twitter.

I’m funded to do this kind of thing by my wonderful Patreon supporters, who help me cover women’s cycling by giving me as little as £/$/€ 2 a month – thanks so much!